I think some of you guys are really over reacting to the comment made in the
link that was referenced. I read the blog and did not even see the K3
mentioned. It did say:
"Elecraft had their little answer to the pan adapter, what a joke. It was a
little screen maybe 9" and made the radio look like a toy. The quality of the
display was horrible."
He was at Orlando, saw the Elecraft display and made comments based on his
opinion. I wonder how many who have responded to the blog posting have not
actually seen the P3 in person but yet are ready to defend it to the death? At
this point, the P3 has not passed the acid test it will be put through by all
of the fanatics on this list. The jury is still out.
Based on my having owned a Flex 5000 for a few months at the same time I owned
a K3, I can say that the 5000 is a fine radio. I doubt if many could hear a
difference between the two. I can also say that it was not difficult to set the
5000 up with the Power SDR software. It worked very well. I actually had a bit
more difficulty getting the LP-Pan setup running on with the K3. With both of
these, I liked the large panadaptor display on the 22" monitor I have for the
shack computer. I don't think I would like a small display like the P3. I think
the size will impact the functionality. You may be able to zoom to smaller BW
segments on it, but I don't think the small size would work for me. With the
guesstimated price of around $700, I'm not interested at all. I'd go back the
the LP-Pan solution before I would lay out that kind of money for a P3. With
that said, I did not keep either my LP-Pan or Flex 5000 setup. My first radio
back in 1966 had knobs
and controls on the front panel and so does my K3 in 2010. As far as I'm
concerned, it's not a radio if you can't spin a knob......just my own opinion
and preference.
As a side note, I did find that even with the panadaptor display and the
ability to click on a signal to tune the radio to that frequency, you still had
to fine tune it with the mouse or other means. That just wasn't for me. It was
cool to see the signals across the BW of the display, but you can only work one
at a time.
I hope those of you who purchase a P3 enjoy it and find it useful.
73,
Dave N8AG
K2
K3 #414
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